Posted on 06/24/2009 4:36:57 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia was tricked by Kyrgyzstan over a deal with the United States to keep open a key air base in Central Asia, a Russian diplomat was quoted as saying by local media on Wednesday.
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The Kommersant newspaper quoted an unidentified Russian diplomat as saying Moscow viewed the U.S. move as a trick and that Russia would soon make an "adequate response" to the deal.
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Can it be any more obvious ?
What deal ?
I thought it was a trick ?
Russia unhappy?
The only thing that would make the criminals running
Russia happy is if we all laid on the ground and let them
run us over with their tanks.
The Kremlin gave the green light to the Kyrgyz government over the base, most likely due to some sort of offer by Obama to the Russians below the table (that they couldn’t refuse).
Normal behavior for the Russians is to complain until they get their way (reference - SDI). Putin must of got one nice present on Fathers Day.
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